Spickler Ranch Fall 2015 Newsletter

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Justin, Sara, Wyatt, Will Jessa & Watson (701) 674-3170 Nathan, Emily, Haylie, Trace, Kadence & Quaid (701) 674-3169 Fall 2015

e would like to extend a sincere thank you to all buyers, bidders, friends and neighbors who attended our Annual Spring Production Sale held Monday, May 4th, 2015. We truly appreciate your support. Pictured below are a few of the sale features.

S Summit 4535

S Summit 4604

Sold to Griffin Land & Livestock, Billings, MT.

Sold to Lisco & M Diamond, Glenrock, WY.

S Courage 498

S Axiom 4525

Sold to Larson Angus Ranch, Forsyth, MT.

S Anchor 4544

Sold to Larson Angus Ranch, Forsyth, MT.

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Sold to Griffin Land & Livestock, Billings, MT.

S Open Country 454

Sold to Bar H Land & Cattle, Langenburg, SK CN.

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Featured Sires for the Fall Production Sale Fall Production Sale Saturday, December 12, 2015

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S Chisum 6175

80 Coming Two-Year-Old Bulls 125 Angus Bred Females About the Coming Two-Year-Old Bulls The coming two-year-old bulls in this sale offering are a complete set of bulls held specifically for this sale. They all have genomic enhanced EPDs with a GeneSeek GGP-LD. They are the high indexing bulls born after April 1st through May 20th which represents the 50 days of our cowherd breeding season following one AI service. The exception to this rule are 20 June born bulls from our fall calving cowherd born in the first year of a 2 year move forward to March and April calving, out of highly fertile dams that conceived at 30 to 60 days postpartum each year.

S McCoy 124

Bred by Spickler Ranch - Owned with Sparrow Ranch, ND & Silver Spur, WY Semen available through Genex.

CED +15 BW -2.3 WW +46 YW +91 SC +.37 CEM +10 M +31 Marb. +.31 REA +.59 $W +55.83 $F +41.25 $B +88.22 Reg. No. 17007979 McCoy topped our 2012 bull offering, and is owned with Sparrow Ranch, ND and Silver Spur Ranches, WY. He sires muscle, depth, calving ease, and consistent phenotype.

His sons are impressive. They are calving ease bulls with extra muscle, substance of bone, and adequate performance. His daughters are moderate framed, easy keeping and nice uddered.

Bred by Spickler Ranch - Semen available through Genex.

CED +2 BW +2.9 WW +70 YW +117 SC +1.13 CEM +13 M +23 Marb. +.25 REA +.81 $W +93.96 $F +72.96 $B +172.56 Reg. No. 15511451 Chisum and his sons are time tested impact sires for our program. Chisum is the most potent sire of performance that we have used in our program and his potency carries into the subsequent generations produced by his progeny. The Chisum bred cattle are known for their extra pounds, added depth, true muscle shape, and excellent hoof structure. Use the Chisum cattle to produce offspring that are profitable at all levels of production. They will have extra pounds to sell at weaning or will excel in the feed yard and at the packing plant.

S Anchor 2155

Bred by Spickler Ranch - Owned with Engelhard Angus, ND CED +7 BW +1.9 WW +55 YW +94 SC +1.02 CEM +9 M +28 Marb. +.31 REA +.61 $W +68.16 $F +40.12 $B +104.45 Reg. No. 17298520 Anchor is a consistent sire of progeny that excel for convenience traits including: quality hoof structure, quiet dispositions and early shedding. His sons are thick butted bulls that are sound structured, easy fleshing and are built to last. We only have a couple sons to offer in this sale, but will have 40 sons by Anchor to sell in May of 2016, making him our heaviest used young sire. Many of his sons are suitable for use on heifers. His daughters are feminine, big bodied females that we are anxious to calve for the first time in March of 2016.

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Featured Sires for the Fall Production Sale HA Open Country 2047

Sinclair Fortunate Son

Owned with Hinman Angus, MT CED +4 BW +2.1 WW +69 YW +124 SC +.79 CEM +11 M +20 Marb. +.22 REA +.76 $W +61.86 $F +82.49 $B +129.54 Reg. No. 17343386 Open Country was purchased from Hinman Angus in MT and has developed into a true breeding bull that consistently stamps his calves with extra length, muscle and performance. He is a power growth sire and total outcross to our program. Our first Open Country sons sold this past May and were readily accepted by both registered and commercial breeders. His sons will be some of the highlights of our December sale, and we will offer another large group of sons in May 2016.

Owned with Sinclair, McCumber, ZWT, Maymont, and Greg Golden - Semen available through Accelerated Genetics.

CED -6 BW +4.4 WW +60 YW +111 SC +.53 CEM +1 M +21 Marb. +.29 REA +.20 $W +49.51 $F +59.92 $B +103.92 Reg. No. 16648841 Fortunate Son has been used in our breeding program for several years. His sons are long bodied, thick topped, and consistent in type. Look for his sons to add performance in an outcross genetic package. His daughters are femine, angular, atttractive females who are very fertile.

S Dominion 0508

Bred and owned by Spickler Ranch.

CED +7 BW -.2 WW +36 YW +59 SC +2.15 CEM +12 M +32 Marb. +.27 REA -.03 $W +50.98 $F +5.28 $B +24.47 Reg. No. 16865291 Dominion was retained out of our 2010 fall calf crop as the best son to date of S Queen Essa 208, one of our herd matriarchs and top donor cows. Dominion has exceeded our expectations as a breeding bull. His progeny exhibit excellent Angus breed character, are deep middled and sound structured. These traits are complimented with excellent calf vigor and calving ease. Dominion’s flush sisters are very nice uddered, feminine, fertile young cows, and two of them our now in our donor lineup. The progeny of Dominion represent a home grown outcross calving-ease and maternal sire with competitive performance at weaning and yearling.

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S Elevate 9165

Bred by Spickler Ranch - Owned with Sparrow Ranch, ND & Minert/Simonson, NE. CED +5 BW +2.6 WW +61 YW +104 SC +1.00 CEM +12 M +22 Marb. +.61 REA +.89 $W +60.58 $F +58.15 $B +93.82 Reg. No. 16433331 Elevate has developed into an impressive mature bull. He is thick topped, big quartered, loaded with muscle, and passes this phenotype on to his sons. His daughters have excellent rib shape, flesh easy, and they are very good uddered, just like Elevate’s dam.

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Coming Two-Year-Old Bull Data

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Registered Bred Heifer Data

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A sampling of the Registered Bred Heifers that sell December 12.

S Zuella 421

BD: 3/6/14 Reg. 17898236 Ten X x Summit x Chisum CED +7 BW +1.2 WW +71 YW +122 Milk +29 MB +.78 RE +.97 205 Wt: 727/122 365 Wt: 970/116 IMF: 3.68/98 REA: 12.7/127 Due March 5 to Connealy Courage.

S Clova Pride 465

BD: 3/17/14 Reg. 17889923 Summit x Chisum x Brooks EXT CED +11 BW -.5 WW +61 YW +103 Milk +31 MB +.30 RE +.55 205 Wt: 673/113 365 Wt: 945/113 IMF: 3.70/98 REA: 11.0/110 Due March 5 to Connealy Courage.

BD: 3/20/14 Reg. 17889932 Summit x Dateline 4149 x Expedition CED +12 BW -1.2 WW +59 YW +99 Milk +26 MB +.36 RE +.33 205 Wt: 632/106 365 Wt: 877/105 IMF: 5.36/143 REA: 10.3/103 Due March 5 to Connealy Courage.

S Sun Up 4633

S Shoshone 4536

BD: 3/6/14 Reg. 17845717 Ten X x Lincoln x Chinook CED +11 BW -.5 WW +58 YW +114 Milk +30 MB +.91 RE +.62 205 Wt: 659/106 365 Wt: 1041/113 IMF: 4.69/127 REA: 12.0.113 Due March 5 to Connealy Courage.

S Erica 485

BD: 3/20/14 Reg. 17849723 HA Open Country x McCumber Durabull x Super X 526 CED +4 BW +.9 WW +53 YW +93 Milk +23 MB +.17 RE +.21 205 Wt: 735/117 365 Wt: 999/111 IMF: 3.58/88 REA: 9.4/92 Due March 5 to Connealy Courage.

Connealy Courage

Offering 125 Angus Bred Females

s 20 Registered Bred Heifers AI bred to Courage. Due Feb 26-Mar 10.

s 50 AI Bred Commercial Heifers Due Feb 26-Mar 10. Bred to Courage, S Axiom, & S Whitlock. s 25 Pasture Bred Commercial Heifers Due Mar. 20-Apr. 20. Bred to McCoy and Lincoln sons. s 30 2007 & 2008 Model Bred Cows AI bred to Vision Unanimous 1418 and due March 17.

CED +17 BW -.9 WW +58 YW +96 Milk +18 MB +.31 RE +.99

Featuring his AI service on many of the bred heifers selling. In May 2016 we will offer a large group of his sons.

They are an exciting group of calving ease bulls.

Vision Unanimous

CED +3 BW +2.8 WW +77 YW +133 Milk +19 MB +.65 RE +.33

Featuring his AI service on the bred cows selling. In May 2016 we will offer our first Unanimous sons. They are long bodied, heavy muscled, high performing bulls.

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Spring Production Sale held at the ranch

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Monday, May 2 , 2015 1 p.m. s Glenfield, ND

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xpedition 6 RE +.33 0.3/103

Offering

175 Yearling Angus Bulls Offering sons May 2nd by: s S Summit 956 - 10 sons sell s S Anchor 2155 - 40 sons sell s S Steamboat 3110 - 16 sons sell s S Chisum 255 - 10 sons sell s S Chisum 2139 - 20 sons sell

s S Dominion 0508 - 15 sons sell s HA Open Country - 20 sons sell s Connealy Courage - 25 sons sell s Vision Unanimous - 20 sons sell s Tehama Revere - 20 sons sell

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January 16, 2016 s Kist Livestock s 1 p.m.

Mandan, ND

Genetics from Mc Cumber Angus Ranch & Spickler Ranch!

The heifers consigned are raised by top commercial producers from across the state using Spickler Ranch and Mc Cumber Angus Ranch bulls!

If interested in participating in this sale, contact:

Justin: (701) 674-3170 Nathan: (701) 674-3169

Chuck Tastad: (701) 246-3366 Matt Tastad: (701) 246-3847

Lot 14 - Diamond Selections Angus Sale November 3, 2015 - Overland Park, KS S Camilla 5529

S Camilla 6144 BD: 2/28/15 Reg. 18164521 Courage x Summit x Alliance 3313 CED +15 BW -.7 WW +58 YW +103 M +26 MB +.20 RE +.72 BW 61 205 Wt: 662/103 This standout Courage female is the first Camilla that we have offered at auction. Her two-year-old dam is a Summit daughter out of our donor, S Camilla 6144, who records a progeny WR 5/108 YR 4/107 amd IMF 35/107.

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Donor grandam of S Camilla 5529.

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Justin & Sara ΠNathan & Emily 8377 7th Parkway NE Glenfield, ND 58443

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